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Last updated on Sunday, August 12, 2018
(INDIANAPOLIS) - At the Indiana State Fair, Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Bruce Kettler honored 88 families with the Hoosier Homestead Award for their longstanding commitment to Indiana agriculture.
To be named a Hoosier Homestead, farms must be owned by the same family for more than 100 consecutive years, and consist of 20 acres or more in size or produce more than $1,000 in agricultural products per year.
"I want to congratulate all of the recipients of this prestigious award," said Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, Indiana's Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development. "Our state, economically and socially, depends on our farming families, and we owe a great deal to the work they do."
Families are eligible for three different distinctions of the Hoosier Homestead Award, based on age of the farm. They are Centennial (100 years), Sesquicentennial (150 years) and Bicentennial (200 years).
Since the program's inception in 1976, more than 5,500 families have received the award.
"Keeping any business in operation for more than 100 years is no small accomplishment, let alone in the same family," Kettler said. "There is something special about generational farming in Indiana, and it was an honor to recognize these families--their legacy--at the great Indiana State Fair."
The following list includes the 2018 summer Hoosier Homestead Award recipients:
Adams County
Kruetzman, 1891, Centennial
Allen County
Bradtmueller, 1902, Centennial
Yoder, 1918, Centennial
Bartholomew County
O'Neal, 1918, Centennial
Burbrink - Schroer, 1910, Centennial
Arnholt - Smith, 1890, Centennial
Reinking - Smith, 1856, Sesquicentennial
Brown County
Cass County
Clark County
Clay County
Clinton County
Crawford County
Dearborn County
Decatur County
DeKalb County
Dubois County
Franklin County
Fulton County
Hamilton County
Hancock County
Henry County
Kautz - Query, 1918, Centennial
Howard County
Jackson County
Jasper County
Jennings County
Johnson County
Kosciusko County
LaGrange County
LaPorte County
Lawrence County
Robert G. Stipp, 1849, Sesquicentennial
Madison County
Marshall County
Gottschalk, 1858, Centennial & Sesquicentennial
Sahlhoff, 1887, Centennial
Martin County
Montgomery County
Noble County
Ohio County
Orange County
Pulaski County
Randolph County
Jordan, 1834, Sesquicentennial
Ripley County
Rush County
Shelby County
Spencer County
Sullivan County
Tipton County
Union County
Wayne County
Wells County
White County
Families are recognized semiannually -- at the Indiana Statehouse in the spring and at the Indiana State Fair in the fall.
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